Introducing Regulus "Reggie" the Black Mouth Cur from Mississippi

Reggie, 6 months old, March 2011 - at rest for a very brief moment

A little side essay, not so much about crops as just for fun....

For those of you who haven't met her, Reggie is a Ladner Black Mouth Cur from Lumberton, MS. BMC's are a wonderful breed, and we purchased Reggie last October as a 6-week old pup to bring her on as an all-round farm and family dog. I would be happy to answer any questions I can about the breed, or check out our breeder's webpage http://curtladnerblackmouthcurs.com/ - this family has been breeding these dogs for 200 years!

Here's our latest update on Reggie, who was 6 months old last week.

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There's no other expression for it except that a light has literally switched on in the last couple days, and Reggie is now a squirrel dog, super excited every time she sees one, gets a whiff, or hears something stirring in the woods or next to us on a walk. Still working on why they disappear and where they go, but at this point, I have no doubt she'll figure that out before long on her own as well. We've got fields, streams, and woods on our property, and a big empty mountain behind us, so she's in a great spot for chasing squirrel, rabbit, possum, coon, and groundhogs eventually-we're not letting her in the kudzu field yet. You name it, we've got it, seen it, or heard it (except hogs, haven't noticed any hogs).

For now, she'll still chase everything else too - robins, leaves, butterflies, anything that moves. oh, almost forgot, we had a big old turkey fly into the yard about head-high two weeks ago, it rounded the corner and was headed straight toward all three of us. We were out playing with her, and it came within 100 feet until it saw us, broad daylight. She got to chase that too. These are the days!

She's afraid of absolutely nothing! Probably the most confident dog I've ever met. Still doesn't like cars. She hates washing machines and a regular vacuum cleaner (a girl after my own heart!). But she is totally ok with the shopvack...huh. I guess I feel the same way - a shopvac isn't "really" vacuuming, which is probably why it's the only one I use.

On long days teaching, while it's still cool, I've been bringing her to the community college with me and walking her there - talk about an educated dog!!

She seems to be getting prettier, which I didn't anticipate. She has her moments and weaknesses (counter-tops and jumping up on people), but we're working on it and she's getting there. She's doing great with her commands, making progress off leash, gets lots of play, long 2mile walks every day to all kinds of new places (parks, small-town downtown, country roads), and is still SUPER friendly and affectionate with people and dogs! I have never had to worry about her starting anything.

At just over 6 months, she is quite an impressive little girl! It occurs to me from time to time I might be spoiling her, and then I think, NAAAH!

-Mollie

Reggie, January 2011 with her favorite toy, asking to go out and play!!